MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden
MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden
Trump loyalists have spent days pushing claims as to why the president may beat their low expectations at Thursday's debate.
They need to give both as many and as much drugs as they want. If drugs will somehow make them coherent, make it a requirement. I honestly don’t see a downside. They can even advertise for the drugs and everyone still wins
You sound like the sort of person who would really enjoy the All Drug Olympics. :-)
So many exploding hearts.
Exactly this.
"Sorry Mr. President, the policies you enacted during the triple hurricane saved thousands of lives, but the drug test you took beforehand were positive for mood stabilizers so we've invalidated your policies and everyone who was saved by them has been taken out back and shot."
This isn't the fucking Olympics. But then debates are a terrible way to judge a president to begin with.
Debates where candidates debated the actual question/issue raised were useful. Whatever we have nowadays as they talk about unrelated things and try to find their 7s soundbite are useless.
Biden is coherent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVZdS18NX8
I hate linking a probably right wing channel by the name, but it is a compilation of dozens of occasions just in the last two years. Biden is definitely not at the mental capacity to run a nuclear armed country. Neither is Trump.
And that should alarm everyone as they both are clearly put there as puppets to be controlled.
Why would they panic? They'll just play their usual pigeon chess: knocking the pieces over, crapping on the board, and flying off to announce that they have won.
They saw him during the State of the Union and it didn't match the clips and memes from their echo chamber that they live in.
They tried to blame drugs (pigeon chess) and no normal person has bought it. They don't have a plan B for when people actually hear him talk.
Ate out with the wife tonight, and got an unexpected political back-to-back: the restaurant had CNN playing on one end of my field of view, and Fox on the other.
CNN reported on all kinds of shit. Every time I looked up, different topic. They went back to the upcoming debate and the Gaza genocide a couple times, but otherwise just an even spread of unfolding events.
Fox spent most of the time talking about how left wing media will spin the debate to make Trump look like an extremist; and then a few small snips about how illegal immigrants are terrorizing our society and getting our youth hooked on fentanyl. They even managed to bitch about Hillary lol, although I missed the context... assuming they're still rambling about emails.
People who watch Fox must be terrified and angry like all the time lol.
People who watch Fox must be terrified and angry like all the time lol.
That's the point.
Cortisol addiction is a real thing
I completely missed the "with" in your first sentence and, wow, I had some thoughts and feelings which I am glad I didn't share without re-reading what you wrote first.
PHRASING!
More projection, Trump is known to abuse Adderall.
Adderall, if you don't have ADHD, will act as a stimulant but does nothing to make you smarter or more coherent. It also does nothing for dementia that the Trump team wants everyone to believe Joe has, somehow without symptoms. Trump on the other hand has MANY symptoms of dementia, and appears to be declining quickly.
Pretending that a drug even exists that somehow Biden could take that would make him alert and dementia free for a debate (or State of the Union) just helps muddy the water around Trump's decline.
They both have dementia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVZdS18NX8
The constant stream of occasions of Biden becoming incoherent, forgetting social norms and protocol and sometimes just standing there blitzed out of his mind are clear signs of dementia. They are both demented old men and watching people argue about how their demented old men is less demented is hilarious on the one said and deeply sad and worrying on the other side.
Also Adderall, which is amphetamine aka speed also acts as a stimulant for people with ADHD. It is just at a smaller dosage that makes the stimulation help focus. Like you said stimulants cannot help against dementia. Regular stimulant use is more likely to worsen it, as it is neurotoxic.
Regardless of how shit Trump is, abusing adderall is dope
The number of sad white men who wear their grandma's bra's in the darkness of their room is higher than anyone wants to admit. It's always projection. Every accusation from conservatives provides insight into their actual desires.
I say, test both of them!
They should both be tested for drugs often, the working class is forced to undergo drug testing, why not the owner class as well, they are 'civil servants'; by multiple people and organizations, that would be fun to see differences in reports and writeups, even more if data is shown on what chemicals are in their system.
The claims arrive as Trump himself changes his tune on how well Biden may perform at the CNN debate. Having previously called Biden the "worst debater I have ever faced," Trump recently told the All-In Podcast that the president will be a "worthy debater" and that he does not want to "underestimate" Biden on Thursday.
"If President Biden needs to take performance enhancing drugs in order to participate in this week's debate, then it is imperative that he and his physician disclose that to the American people," Jackson said. "CNN's people leaked debate questions to Hillary Clinton in 2016," Grenell posted on X. Grenell was making reference to previous reports on how former chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile gave notice to Clinton's team about a debate question ahead of her 2016 debate with Trump.
"CNN's people leaked debate questions to Hillary Clinton in 2016," Grenell posted on X. Grenell was making reference to previous reports on how former chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile gave notice to Clinton's team about a debate question ahead of her 2016 debate with Trump.
Responding to the incident, Leavitt told Newsweek: "CNN cutting off my microphone for bringing up a debate moderator's history of anti-Trump lies just proves our point that President Trump will not be treated fairly in Thursday's debate.
Agreed that the position should be subject to drug testing. You have to be sober as a cat to pilot a commercial plane, but a speed junkie can have nukes? Insane.
Trump may be a master debater, but Biden is a cunning linguist.
I really want to know the specific “performance enhancing drugs” these people think Biden is using. No hand-waving. Be explicit and tell everyone what magical drugs these are and then let’s test them both for these drugs.
Centrum Silver
Top tier response. Well done. Full marks.
They can't, because no drug is available that both pumps you up, and helps the symptoms of dementia for a short burst of time. It's all an effort to muddy the water about Trump's clear cognitive decline that appears to be accelerating. If elected for another term, he may well be like Regan, with an even more evil "Nancy" in his ear "guiding" him everyday (and to essential be running the country while keeping Trump's decline on the DL).
Said it above, but it's more likely they're taking "wakefulness promoting agents" like modafinil or armodafinil. In which case, I don't really take any issue with as they're pretty amazing drugs with very few side effects and little to no potential to be habit forming.
Ive heard IRL people say its rigged because apparently mics will be turned off if it isn't their turn? Idk if thats true but I'm fully behind the idea personally lol.
The interruptions, while “entertaining”, should not exist in a debate so consequential. I feel like high school debate clubs have more decorum than any presidential debate in the last 16 years. Mic cuts are absolutely needed.
Idk. I was in a highschool debate club a bit over a decade ago, and I was very good at the public forum event. Like, regularly in the top 32 for both the NFL and CFL national tournaments good. There were other people at the top of that ladder with me that made very effective use of the "pound the table" strategy, and how well it worked often boiled down to judge variance. People act that way in debates because it absolutely works on some viewers
They seriously think debates are won by volume or persistence.
Screw that, turn off the oxygen if it isn't their turn.
Just turn off the oxygen and get better candidates.
Both of these guys are ancient. I wouldn't care if any of them used drugs (as long as they don't pose long-term risks for their health) because they might as well be medication. Or are we going to be so dense that the idea that two 80 years olds are likely taking some medication is going to fly over our heads? Furthermore, where do we draw the line of what a "drug-enhancing drug" is? Coffee? Most adults take it to function under inhuman schedules. Adderall? If you do have ADHD, you do also need it to function; if you don't have it, it's going be even less useful than coffee. Anything else that they bought at a pharmacy? I don't care.
All in all, this looks like a talking point made up by people who want to treat politics like a sport, where we're supposed to watch "athletes" compete with equal opportunity for performance, which is definitely not what a presidential debate should be about.
Furthermore, where do we draw the line of what a "drug-enhancing drug" is?
I want drug-enhancing drugs
The typo will stay.
They're more likely using "wakefulness promoting agents" like modafinil and armodafinil (Provogil/Nuvigil respectively, or probably some better shit in the same class) which are actually kind of amazing and I have zero issue with them taking it.
Non-euphoric, and as far as I'm aware, not physically habit forming; it just keeps you awake and alert, I don't know how else to describe it. Essentially none of the side effects (pleasurable or not) of traditional stimulants. After about 8-10 hours you sleep pretty ok.
I'm really not sure why these drugs haven't become more popular over the last decade or two... Probably the whole "not habit forming" thing.
I've got a stash that I've had in a drawer for 5+ years and I'll take one like three times a year or something as needed.
Probably because modafinil carries some risky nasty side effects that adderall doesn't.
Are they rare? Yes.
Are they deadly? Also yes.
I’ve got a stash that I’ve had in a drawer for 5+ years and I’ll take one like three times a year or something as needed.
Yo, I just re-read your comment. Yeah, that's... not good. Modafinil is deffo one of those ones youre supposed to titrate off of and going off of it cold turkey or only using it here and there is one of the ways to get those really dangerous side effects. Please stop this.
not physically habit forming; it just keeps you awake and alert...
The military would like to know your location as it keeps having problems with minor issues like sailors falling asleep while driving ships.
Jokes aside, these are incredibly habit forming in the wrong environments. Under supervision and attempting to stabilize your sleep schedule they're great. But the abuse envelope is huge, from truckers to cops.
This is kind of obvious and I probably don't have to say it but..
Trump is doing this to weasel his way out of a debate he shouldn't have agreed to. No way in hell Trump subjects himself to the same drug test. He's betting on Biden not agreeing to it either so he can just say "well those liberals are obviously playing dirty so I'm out"
The drugs in question are necessarily irrelevant
You are definitely right that this is a manipulative move on Trump's part to make Biden look bad and get out if this debate.
But aren't most people in their 80's on a bunch of drugs anyway? Like blood pressure pills, cholesterol medicine, diuretics, arthritis medication etc? I'm not trying to stereotype older folks, but every person I've met over 60 seems to take a lot of pills.... that help them live and perform actions they couldn't otherwise.
Um Adderall is not less useful than coffee for non-ADHD peeps.
Edit: reading other comments, I see what you mean. For dementia/clarity, no, but just wakefulness, yes it does something.
As far as I know, Adderall for people without ADHD induces the self-perception of higher performance, yet increase in performance isn't actually statistically noticeable, so it might be useful for someone who feels emotionally stuck (afraid of failing, tired), but not for someone who does not have the capacity to do well, much like caffeine only gives you the self-perception that you're less tired than you actually are.
Use of stimulants like amphetamine or methamphetamine, which are both drugs prescribed for ADHD comes with many side effects. When abused they deteriorate the brain and body quite strongly and they have many psychological problems associated with them like delusions, developing a lack of empathy, disorientation...
80 years old should definitely not do speed, even if it is doctor prescribed.
They're likely not using amphetamines, but rather (ar)modafinil or something else in that class. Which have very few side effects.
On one hand I'm glad the media is reporting on this. On the other hand they seem to be signal boosting a lot of the messaging from the right
texas rep. Ronny Jackson is among those who have demanded that Biden take part in a drug test before and after Thursday's debate. Jackson, who served as Trump's White House physician and medical adviser... [said] "If President Biden needs to take performance enhancing drugs in order to participate in this week's debate, then it is imperative that he and his physician disclose that to the American people," Jackson said.
In that case, anything that you wanted to disclose to the American people there, Ronny? It's always just breathless, impotent projection...
Does anybody else find it a little sad that Ronny Jackson simps for Trump when Trump can't even remember his name when talking about him? Or did he just change his name to Ronny Johnson so that the god-king doesn't have to be wrong?
I mean, I would find it sad if I weren't completely out of sympathy for these Trump sycophants who let Trump talk shit about them publicly so that they can cling to power a little longer. Especially the shitheels who criticized Trump and now find themselves kissing the ring and bending the knee to get that VP nom.
Find it all sad, would be more sympathetic though if they weren't literally fascist psychopaths that want to burn down the world so that nobody can directly focus on the fact that they are bald, broke, gay and their father never told them, "I love you".
projection…
Hmm, so Trump needs before and after debate drugs? Of course amphetamines would be the classical far right choice, but then there's the whole opioid crisis thing going on... choices, choices...
Trump could take all the Adderall available in the world and he would still be a fucking moron.
He'd just be an idiot faster.
If Trump is going to challenge Biden to a mental coherency test, why doesn't Biden challenge Trump to a bicycle race or a 2k run? After all, Trump has declared himself the healthiest President in history. (But a race like that would have good possibility of causing Trump a heart attack... which would of course be an unfortunate outcome).
Yes very unfortunate. Certainly nothing to wish, pray, or perform dark rituals for. Certainly not.
Doesn't Biden have a broken foot that hasn't healed very well and makes him shuffle around a bit?
I hope Biden points out the diapers and the smell.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: There are better things to attack Trump for than how he looks, what physical conditions he has or how he smells.
At face value, those sorts of things have little effect on the ability to run a country well.
Even his hair is a better target because how he wears it would appear to show vanity, a quality that might actually interfere with stable management. That's still a relatively big stretch without other evidence (of which there would appear to be plenty) though.
Attack his ideas, his intents, his politics. He makes this easy enough, right? Start there.
"LOL u smel" is something you expect in the playground. Something Trump himself might use, perhaps.
We have to be better than that.
But we're not.
They should only get to wear underpants - tidy whiteys! Nothing bulky or absorbent!
Trump should have to wear an orange jumpsuit with a serial number on the left breast and "INMATE" stamped clearly on the back.
Tidy? Lol.
Bone apple tea
Think 'banana hammock'.
Iron collar with a chain link for every corporate sponsor for each.
Wait, so t-rump would wear his tighty whiteys on the outside of his jumpsuit? Like the dictator in Banana Republic required? Otherwise we’d never know.
It's not like the test will be fair or legitimate anyway. Look at the whacks they currently have rubber stamping the two bastions of health and mental stability.
Rubber stamped? Biden gets trashed because he's old, talks slow, has a stutter, and all they see are edited clips.
He has way more scrutiny than an average person. It's so bad that Republicans are accusing him of using drugs because they heard him give a speech and literally couldn't believe he could be coherent.
dookie donald
Just when you forgot how terrible Ronny "Johnson" Jackson is.
Dumb framing. They aren't panicking, they're framing the results so they can fit them to their narrative no matter what happens. Biden wins = he was on drugs, no way senile and incapable Biden could win otherwise. Biden loses = full proof he's senile and incapable.
I'm sure both sides are "panicking"
The great thing about a debate is that you don't even have to watch the damned things to know who won.
Your team did! Because your team is the best and always was!
If they do end up testing for drugs, the results will be as real as their other results have been
What's the over under for tRump backing out?
I'll give you 20 to 1
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